parapodia
- plural of parapodium.
Example Sentences
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Second, its parapodia are covered in gills, while most ragworms absorb oxygen through their parapodia without the aid of true gills.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
They have elongated bodies with rows of bristled parapodia on their sides and a hidden set of pincer-shaped jaws that can be extruded for feeding.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
The worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti, has an elongated body that is flanked by a row of feathery, gill-tipped appendages called parapodia on either side, and Rouse said its sinuous swimming reminded him of a snake.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
Polychaete worms have paired, unjointed limbs called parapodia on each segment used for locomotion and breathing.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Saccocirrus, which also lives in sand, and more closely resembles the Polychaeta, has throughout the greater length of its body on each segment a pair of small uniramous parapodia bearing a bunch of simple setae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
